Ethnicity

Black African pharmacy students still least likely to pass GPhC prereg exam

Black African trainee pharmacists had the lowest pass rates in the General Pharmaceutical Council’s summer preregistration exam.…

Supporting black pharmacy students: how can we improve?

Mahendra Patel urges the pharmacy profession to do more for BAME students.…

Bawa-Garba wins appeal to be reinstated to medical register

A paediatric trainee who was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter after the death of a six-year-old boy from sepsis has won her appeal to be reinstated to the medical register and continue to practise as a doctor.…

Racial discrimination and the preregistration exam

Large differentials in pass rates for particular black and minority ethnic groups are a concern and the regulator needs to do all it can to ensure all students receive the required level of support, regardless of their ethnicity. …

Regulator to rewrite standards in drive to tackle inequalities for preregistration candidates

The pharmacy regulator has promised a rewrite of its standards to ensure “equality of opportunity” for all preregistration pharmacists, following data showing large differentials in pass rates for various groups and reports of “overt racism” during training.…

GPhC review of equality and diversity in fitness-to-practise cases on hold

A General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) review of equality and diversity has been put on hold following recommendations made in a rapid policy review of gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare.…

GPhC defends questions in preregistration exams

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has defended the questions it set for June’s pre-registration exam after hundreds of students complained about them.…

How Bugewa Apampa overcame the odds to launch a new pharmacy degree

Pharmacist Bugewa Apampa has recently launched a new professional pharmacy degree at the University of Sussex. Here, she tells Julia Robinson about her journey to professorship.…

Outstanding contributions to pharmacy recognised at 2016 RPS awards

Mahendra Patel, a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) English Pharmacy Board, has been awarded the annual RPS Charter Award, which recognises exceptional service in promoting the interests of pharmacy.…

GPhC sheds light on lower pass rates in Black-African pharmacy students

An investigation into why Black-African trainee pharmacists perform less well in the registration assessments has been carried out by the General Pharmaceutical Council and the results suggest they could be more likely to struggle because many are also mature or overseas students.…